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Nissan Executives Named Among Leading Women in Automotive Industry

19 September 2000

Nissan Executives Named Among Leading Women in Automotive Industry

    TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 19 Two of Nissan North America's
highest ranking female executives have been named as part of an elite list of
100 Leading Women in the North American automotive industry.
    Debra Sanchez-Fair, vice president, corporate communications, Nissan North
America, Inc. and Diane Allen, Chief Designer, Nissan Design International,
Inc. were honored last night at a dinner held in Dearborn, hosted by
Automotive News.  The automotive industry's premiere publication, Automotive
News compiled the list of industry achievers.
    As vice president of corporate communications for Nissan North America,
Inc. (NNA), Sanchez-Fair oversees a staff of 23 and is responsible for all
corporate communications activities for Nissan's North American operations.
Sanchez-Fair, who has held a number of positions in her ten-year tenure at
NNA, also serves on its North American Management Board.
    A sixteen-year veteran of Nissan Design International (NDI), Diane Allen
is chief designer for Red Studio, one of NDI's two exterior design studios.
She is responsible for managing studio operations and design, as well as the
development of vehicle programs.
    The 100 women were selected from several hundred applications following a
long process of nominations and judging.  A selection committee of six experts
honed the final list to 100 executives.
    In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling,
engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing,
distribution and manufacturing.  More information on Nissan in North America
and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at
http://www.nissandriven.com or contact the corporate media line at 310/771-5631.